Let Me Stay The Night

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

have anything to do

chest. “Watch your mouth, Christina!” she yelled in a rage. “I know my daughter. She

how Miranda

across Macy’s eyes. She quickly suppressed it, clutching the checks in her hand as she did so. “Though I

Our deal

to leave, but Christina’s voice, dripping

For all your consideration for her, she does not care whether you live or die. All you have to do to get a million on the

to?”

She could

is right. The two people I care most about in the world have left me to die.

moment, Macy turned away from the snare and left without so much as a backward

check. “Are you sure

“Don’t worry. She’ll be back. There is no such thing as a last hand for a

words. “I know what to

headboard of her bed, Christina had a video call with the children, then spoke with Nathaniel on the phone for over an hour, after which she was about to tuck in when Sebastian called with good

thousand she had taken earlier that day. More importantly, her debt. swelled from five million to over ten million.

with no chance of escape. Before she could do so, he captured

Sebastian’s instructions, however, the casino feigned a lapse of vigilance and allowed Macy to escape

went according to Christina’s plan.

better, either. After facing numerous rejections and ridicule, they still failed to gather anything despite

but forced them back to the precinct to aid in

privy to Gibson Corporation’s operations and, at most, only provided Nigel with ideas. Without evidence, the police

the other hand, was not as lucky. As the once omnipotent figure of Gibson Corporation, he had plenty of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of

was indispensable. Thus, when the following day

three hours